HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-4022

Enterprise Linux Desktop vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
20.8%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Integer overflow in the ftp_genlist function in ext/ftp/ftp.c in PHP before 5.4.41, 5.5.x before 5.5.25, and 5.6.x before 5.6.9 allows remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long reply to a LIST command, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected vendor
Redhat
Affected product
Enterprise Linux Desktop
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2015-06-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 20.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-4022

  • Confirm whether Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-4022.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2015-4022

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2015-4022 affects, then prioritises the finding by real risk using CISA KEV and FIRST.org EPSS.

Run a free external exposure scan

Are you exposed to CVE-2015-4022?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2015-4022.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.